Malaysia: Conditional registration of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine approved
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) - Conditional registration for the COVID-19 vaccine
produced by Pfizer company has been approved for use in Malaysia, said Health Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Noor Hisham, through his official Twitter and
Facebook posts, said the matter was approved by the 352nd Malaysia
Drug Control Authority (PBKD) Meeting which convened on January 8. However, the
company needs to submit some important data within the allotted time before it
is allowed to be used.
To date, Malaysia has
signed an agreement with Pfizer and BioNTech to obtain 12.8 million doses of
vaccine. The country would also receive another 6.4 million doses of
vaccine from AstraZeneca in addition to several other suppliers.
The Southeast Asian country has experienced complicated development of COVID-19 in recent days. As of January 8, the nation documented 131,108 infections and 537 deaths./.